Direction signal for vehicles



G. F. KREBS.

DIRECTION SIGNAL FOR VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 14. I921.

Patented Jan, 10, 1922.

INVENTOR.

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GEORGE F. KREBS, OF WICHITA, KANSAS.

DIRECTION SIGJAL FOR VEHICLES.

Application filed February 14, 1921.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE F. Knees, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Wichita, in the county of Sedgwick and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Direction Signals for Vehicles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to manually operated signals for use on vehicles, and especially motor vehicles, for advising others of the direction in which the vehicle is about to turn.

The object of the invention is to produce a signal of this character that is simple in construction, easily attached to vehicles, easily operated by drivers, and that may be manufactured at a low cost.

This object is attained by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of the signal in position upon a corner post of an enclosed body vehicle shown in section;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the signal detached;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation, one side of the housing being cut away.

Referring first to F igs. 2 and 3, it will be seen that the frame and housing of the signal comprise a pair of sheet metal sidewalls 1 and a sheet metal top 2. In the con struction shown these parts are formed of a single piece of metal. The inner end-wall 8 is bent down from the top portion, after cutting a pair of slits in the metal to release said inner end-wall. The outer end-wall, 4:, is made integral with one or both of the side-walls 1, and the joint so formed may be closed by welding or soldering. The opposite end portion of each sidewall l is provided with screw-holes 5.

Aligned holes are drilled or punched through walls 3, 4 to journal a longitudinal shaft 6, on the inner end of which is a removable knob 7 On the opposite end of said shaft, within the housing, is set a bevel pinion or gear 8. A bearing 9 is secured to the top 2, to journal a vertical shaft 10, on which is set a.bevel gear 12, meshing with gear 8, which preferably is of smaller diameter. Shaft 10 is split for the reception of a sheet metal pointer, which in the form shown com- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 10,1922.

Serial No. 444,952;

prises a hand 14: and a flag-like extension 15 behind the hand and in the plane thereof. The device is to be attached to a vehicle preferably upon the left-hand windshield supporting arm in the case of open cars or upon. the left-hand post forward of the driver, in the casev of enclosed cars. In the drawing I represent the corner post 16 of an enclosed car, whereof 17 is a portion of the cowl and 18 is a portion of the windshield. A hole is bored diagonally through the post, a little larger than the shaft 6. The knob 7 is removed. The ends a are bent to lie upon, or fit, the post, and marks are made through the screw-holes 5. Holes are then drilled for wood-screws 19. If the post he metal, holes are drilled and tapped for machine-screws. The frame 2 then will project leftward and forward, as shown. The knob 7 being replaced upon the shaft and made fast by asst-screw or pin, the angle at which the pointer stands is regulable by manipulation of the knob. The normal position of the pointer is straight ahead, as shown. When about to turn to the left, the driver by means of the knob turns the hand 1d toward the left, as indicated by dotted lines L. When aboutv to turn to the right, he reverses the said position of the pointer. The inner end of the top-plate may be cut in a curve to fit the post to which it is attached, as indicated on Fig. 1.

Having described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

In a direction signal for enclosed-body vehicles, the combination of a frame and housing of sheet metal having its inner end adapted to be secured to a front corner post of a vehicle, in a position to extend forward and leftward from the post; a longitudinal shaft extending inwardly from and within the housing, a bevel-gear on said shaft, a vertical shaft projecting above and into the housing, a bevel-gear on said shaft meshed with the first-named gear, a pointer secured to the vertical shaft, a knob on the longitudinal shaft, and extensions upon the inner ends of the sides of the housing, said exten- SlOIlS havlng screw-holes therein.

GEORGE F. KREB S. Witnesses M. Y. CHARLES, W. A. NETHENOT. 

